Revision of small or 'surface' errors in a written text (punctuation or grammar) is known as what?

• A. Local Revision
• B. Local Errors
• C. Long-Term Memory
• D. Short-Term Memory

Answer: (A)

Surface-level edits focus on the tiny, sentence-by-sentence corrections that improve correctness without changing meaning. In writing, revision occurs at different levels: local (or surface) revision targets punctuation, grammar, spelling, and other small fixes within sentences. This is why it fits the description of revising small errors in punctuation or grammar—the changes are about polishing how the sentence reads rather than altering structure or content. By contrast, broader changes to the overall organization or ideas would be global revision, and memory terms would concern storing or recalling information, not editing. So the term that best describes fixing small punctuation and grammar errors is local revision.